Psalmi 74
1 Zašto se, Bože, srdiš na nas dugo; dimi se gnjev tvoj na ovce paše tvoje?
“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
2 Opomeni se sabora svojega, koji si stekao od starine, iskupio sebi u našljednu državu, gore Siona, na kojoj si se naselio.
Remember the people which thou didst purchase of old; Thine own inheritance, which thou didst redeem; That Mount Zion, where thou once didst dwell!
3 Podigni stope svoje na stare razvaline: sve je razrušio neprijatelj u svetinji.
Hasten thy steps to those utter desolations! Every thing in the sanctuary hath the enemy abused!
4 Rièu neprijatelji tvoji na mjestu sabora tvojih, svoje obièaje postavljaju mjesto naših obièaja.
Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.
5 Vidiš, oni su kao onaj koji podiže sjekiru na spletene grane u drveta.
They appear like those who raise the axe against a thicket;
6 Sve u njemu što je rezano razbiše sjekirama i bradvama.
They have broken down the carved work of thy temple with axes and hammers;
7 Ognjem sažegoše svetinju tvoju; na zemlju obalivši oskvrniše stan imena tvojega.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.
8 Rekoše u srcu svojem: potrimo ih sasvijem. Popališe sva mjesta sabora Božijih na zemlji.
They said in their hearts, “Let us destroy them all together!” They have burned all God's places of assembly in the land.
9 Obièaja svojih ne vidimo, nema više proroka, i nema u nas ko bi znao dokle æe to trajati.
We no longer see our signs; There is no prophet among us, Nor any one that knoweth how long this desolation shall endure.
10 Dokle æe se, Bože, rugati nasilnik? hoæe li dovijeka protivnik prkositi imenu tvojemu?
How long, O God! shall the adversary revile? Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Zašto ustavljaš ruku svoju i desnicu svoju? Pruži iz njedara svojih, i istrijebi ih.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Take it from thy bosom, and destroy!
12 Bože, care moj, koji od starine tvoriš spasenje posred zemlje!
Yet God was our king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ti si silom svojom raskinuo more, i satro glave vodenim nakazama.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy power; Thou didst crush the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
14 Ti si razmrskao glavu krokodilu, dao ga onima koji žive u pustinji da ga jedu.
Thou didst break in pieces the head of the crocodile; Thou gavest him for food to the inhabitants of the desert.
15 Ti si otvorio izvore i potoke, ti si isušio rijeke koje ne presišu.
Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.
16 Tvoj je dan i tvoja je noæ, ti si postavio zvijezde i sunce.
Thine is the day, and thine the night; Thou didst prepare the light and the sun.
17 Ti si utvrdio sve krajeve zemaljske, ljeto i zimu ti si uredio.
Thou didst establish all the boundaries of the earth; Thou didst make summer and winter.
18 Opomeni se toga, neprijatelj se ruga Gospodu, i narod bezumni ne mari za ime tvoje.
O remember that the enemy hath reviled Jehovah; That an impious people hath blasphemed thy name!
19 Ne daj zvijerima duše grlice svoje, nemoj zaboraviti stada stradalaca svojih zasvagda.
Give not up the life of thy turtle-dove to the wild beast; Forget not for ever thine afflicted people!
20 Pogledaj na zavjet; jer su sve peæine zemaljske pune stanova bezakonja.
Have regard to thy covenant! For all the dark places of the land are full of the abodes of cruelty.
21 Nevoljnik nek se ne vrati sramotan, ništi i ubogi neka hvale ime tvoje.
O let not the afflicted go away ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise thy name!
22 Ustani, Bože, brani stvar svoju, opomeni se kako ti se bezumnik ruga svaki dan!
Arise, O God! maintain thy cause! Remember how the impious revileth thee daily!
23 Ne zaboravi obijesti neprijatelja svojih, vike, koju jednako dižu protivnici tvoji!
Forget not the clamor of thine adversaries, —The noise of thine enemies, which continually increaseth!
